June 30: Wild strawberries

Sorry waxwings--

I've eaten all

the ripe strawberries here.

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June 29: Monhegan House

From my island room:

shifting cloud and light show,

gull on a near chimney.

 

 

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June 28: Rumble

Between rain storms--

is that thunder

or the neighbor's motorcycle?

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June 27: Where the deer were

Deer tracks in mud.

We follow their trail

through a glade of ferns.

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June 26: Phoebe

Outside my office

something has rattled a phoebe.

I don't dare look.

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June 25: Foraging

Pushing aside leaves

to find ripe wild strawberries

on the seacliff's edge.

 

 

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June 24: In the garden

Waxwing family--

we aren't the only ones

eyeing the ripe strawberries.

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June 23: Farm stand

Summer's first strawberries.

Watching fog roll in

over the mountain.

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June 22: Library

At the author event--

gull's wings lit by sun

out the library window.

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June 21: Solstice

Longest day--

bird in the headlights

hurries to its roost.

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June 20: Solstice Eve

Three chimney swifts

also ecstatic

over tonight's sunset.

 

 

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June 19: Heavy sky

Before the rain

birds holding their breath.

Sound of the river.

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June 18: Out back

Singing house finch

doesn't know he's harmonizing

with the river.

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June 17: Wild Iris

Getting their feet wet--

masses of blue irises,

bobolinks singing.

 

 

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June 16: Havahart

Chipmunk in a trap

cursing us on its release

half mile away.

 

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June 15: Peonies

Why does it always rain

just as the peonies

are finally opening?

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June 14: Town Meeting

Town meeting.

Chimney swifts still busy

in twilight sky.

 

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June 13: Night

Moths in headlights.

Falling asleep

on the drive home.

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June 12: First thing

On the back porch

drinking in bird song

with my morning coffee.

 

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June 11: Injured bird

Drive home feels lonely

after dropping off

the (boxed) injured cardinal.

 

 

Midcoast Maine is fortunate to have Avian Haven, an excellent year-round wild bird rehabilitation facility with local volunteer drivers.

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June 10: Megunticook Lake

Blue barn roof glimpsed through trees--

not the lake

but no less striking.

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June 9: Lupines

Seeking a bay view

I find in flower

summer's first lupines.

 

 

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June 8: Eastport

Seedy motel room

made bearable by the view:

moonrise over the bay.

 

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June 7: Blackflies

So solicitous

of my gardening chores--

blackflies.

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June 6: Chill

Weather report--

worrying about the garden

I never planted.

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June 5: Camden Harbor

Foggy harbor.

Couple buys a print

of the lighthouse they can't see.

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June 4: Blagden Preserve

Old twisted lilacs

mark where the farmhouse was.

Nearby, owls calling.

 

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June 3: Mount Desert Rock

Lightkeeper's house--

on calm seas

imagining the storm surge.

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June 2: Seal Cove

Parula singing.

Apple petals scatter

onto wet beach stones.

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June 1: Bar Harbor

Spring twilight--

girl on a skateboard sails past

smoking a cigarette.

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